There are so many scams out there, but a new scheme has authorities raising the alarm because it's already managed to steal over a billion dollars from innocent victims.
Scammers come at us in a variety of ways. They sometimes take our identity and try to get us to send them money claiming to be the police or collections, but this latest scam is terrifying. Fortunately, no one was hurt but for an Upstate NY woman, she thought a family member was kidnapped.
It seems that every few weeks the New York State Police are warning us of another way scammers are trying to get our personal information. Here is a new one and a bit more elaborate.